NOTES: UNLEASH THE POWER WITHIN

As I mentioned before in my post called Business is Like a Firewalk, my wife and I attended an Anthony Robbins seminar called Unleash the Power Within in San Jose, CA a couple of weeks ago.

In over 50 hours of seminar time, I took a lot of notes. These are the statements that I felt were the most powerful. They aren't necessarily direct quotes and some are more of a reflection of my own thoughts.

Here are my notes. The super highlights are shown in bold:

• If you are doing well in this season, you'll do even better in every other season.
• Change takes place in a moment.
• Leadership has 3 mandates:
1. Don't see things worse than they are.
2. See things better than they are.
3. Make it the way you see it.
• Home for you is inside. Be at home more.
• The most powerful investment you can make is in yourself.
• The secret to living is giving.
• Biography is not destiny.
• Hunger is better than talent.
• Breakthrough: I need to be more connected with people.
• Your source of energy is in your psychology.
• Emotion is created by motion.
• Use your nervous system to propel you further.
• Motive does matter. That's what a vision statement is for.
• Turn your shoulds into musts.
• Most people should all over themeselves.
• If you want to take the island, burn the boats.
• Don't just dabble in things. Take massive action.
• Create your own miracles.
• Your competive goal should be to add more value than anyone else.
• Respnsibility is the ability to respond.
• It's our decisions that control us.
• Decide what to focus on.
• Focus on what you can control.
• If you know what's coming, you can anticipate.
• You need to ask yourselve these 3 questions:
1. What should I focus on?
2. What does that mean?
3. What am I going to do?
• Decisions = destiny.
• Two forces that affect your decisions:
1. Your state.
2. Your blueprint (values & beliefs)
• In order to effectively influence another, you have to know what already influences them.
• Take virgin coconut oil - 1tsp, 3x per day (not much said about this, research needed)
• State -> Story -> Strategy
• When you change your state, you've changed your story.
• You need a new story.
• You need a story that is empowering.
• When you change your story, you change your life.
• You don't need an excuse to feel good.
• Celebrate for no good reason.
• It's absolutely stupid to stay in a negative state.
• What people fear most is what people want most.
• Change your state and passion is unleashed.
• Communicate, visit, stay in touch.
• Words can make a state change for yourself and others.
• Different words will create a different state.
• Change your state, change your life.
• Your state can be changed in a moment.
• "Seek and ye shall find."
• What stops us from getting what we want?
• Fear = False Evidence About Reality
• Two core fears (we tell ourselves stories about these):
1. You are not enough.
2. You won't be loved.
• You need to be about something more than yourself.
• Get honest with what your stories are.
• Dance with your fears. 
• Align with your fears.
• What determines the quality of your life.
• The meaning we give things.
• Find meaning in things.
• Find meaning larger than yourself.
• Meaning = Emotion
• Emotion = Life
• You must become a master of controlling meaning.
• Where do you spend most of your life emotionally?
• The 3 molders of meaning are:
1. Power of psychology
2. Focus
3. Language
• Two words and a clap can instantly change your state: "Step Up, Step Up, Step Up!"
• Say it loud and with emotion.
• EGO = Edging God Out
• You can't be fearful and greatful simultaneously.
• You made this "shit" up, now change it!
• Re-design your blueprint.
• Faith is imagination directed.
• Give the world your full presence.
• Stop thinking so much about yourself.
• Change strategy by changing physiology, focus and language.
• Why do we do the things we do?
• People create problems that meet their needs.
• People create addictions like anger.
• Empowering Needs:
• CERTAINTY:
• Consistent and growing income.
• Reliable and comfortable transportation
• Stable family environment
• CONNECTION:
• Listening to children
• Not judging others
• Mentoring
• VARIETY:
• Activities with family
• New systems and processes
  
• Vacations
• SIGNIFICANCE:
• Lead meetings
• Give advice
• Be a mentor
• Show up
• Magnify callings
• Respected by my employees
• Respected by my children
• Disempowering Needs:
• CERTAINTY
• Be strict with children
• Be angry with employees
• Ignoring employees
• CONNECTION
• Talking negatively about others
• Ignoring employees
• VARIETY
• Spending money just to feel better
• SIGNIFICANCE
• Being angry with people
• My top 2 are:
1. CERTAINTY and 
2. SIGNIFICANCE.
• Bad reasons to want more money, etc.
• Ask, what has neglecting the other needs cost me?
• My top 2 should be:
1. CONNECTION and 
2. CONTRIBUTION.
•  Good reasons to want more money, etc.
• My life would be changed with these needs by:
• Having more loyal employees.
• Children will feel more unconditional love.
• Having the satisfying feeling that comes when helping others.
• I would reach out more and rescue people.
• Think less of self, more of others.
• Read the book: "The Millionaire Next Door".
• Clarity is power.
• It's okay to have money if you want it and get it for the right reasons.
• Connection and Contribution
• Take massive action.
• In life there are winners and learners.
• Repetition is the mother of skill.
• Conditioning is an ongoing process.
• Everything is shaped by our beliefs.
• A belief is a feeling of certainty.
• In order to change, you have to feel that failing to change now = massive, immediate pain.
• Change is never a matter of ability, it is always a matter of motivation.
• Changing now = massive, immediate pleasure.
• Don't link pain to the better behavior (ie: better eating).
• Take forward motion with emotion.
• Engage your entire nervous system.
• Create outstanding performance by being in a peak state.
• Find passion every day by connecting and contributing to people.
• Decide, commit and resolve to take immediate, intelligent, consistent & massive action.
• Be honest with yourself in knowing when a change in course is necessary.
• Create generational influence through connection and contribution.
• Put yourself into total immersion for self empowerment.
• Proximity is power (where you are).
• It's your location stupid!
• Find other's recipies and copy them for your own success.
• Get leverage.
• Create certainty.
• Model results.
• The father of skill is praise.
• What is my x-factor?
• Show people what to do then get out of the way. 
• Creating systems & processes to see the forest through the trees.
• Successful people leave clues so model them.
• Firewalk is a metaphor.
• I won't major in minor things.
• While in the seminar, I wrote a new VISION STATEMENT.
• I can achieve outstanding performance when in a peak state.
• Read book: "The Talent Code", by Coyle
• Skills are utilized when you have certainty.
• Incantations: "I now command my whole soul to Stand Up! Stand Up! Stand Up!"
• Say that in the car then walk confidently into any situation.
• If you are in the wrong state, you can't make things work properly.
• If you are going through hell, don't stop, keep going.
• If you are walking through fire, don't stop, keep going.
• Most people try to get our attention through pain.
• If you give up, you begin to die.
• Our identity comes from experiencing our challenges.
• REVELATION: Business (Life) is like a firewalk, sometimes you get burned but if you are in the right state, you won't feel it.
• Taste what you really want.
• What would you have to believe to get what you want?
• You'll begin to move as soon as you create pain about where you are.
• "I am connection and contribution."
• Training never stops when you want an extraordinary life.
• Learn how to help others get what they want.
• The secret to wealth and hapiness is to be a team player.
• Power moves to those who are willing to serve.
• The more you care, the more personal power you have.
• People will do more for others than they will sometimes do for themeselves.
• Make small connections. You never know the ramifications.
• Give people the gift of changing their state.
• When you treat people well who treat you poorly, they never forget it.
• Self esteem comes from doing something difficult.
• You can have an ordinary meal or you can create magic.
• When you truly love, all you want to do is give.
• Some people give love in order to get a return on their investment.
• Love because that's who you really are.
• Give love and expect nothing in return.
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• TO BE CONTINUED...